Masterpiece

They may not have been the British doom pioneers, but Paradise Lost always knew what it was all about. This, their second album, had everything - melancholic, emotional sounds that, unlike many other Doom metal bands, actually have memorable tunes. The songs are also of a reasonable length, unlike My Dying Bride's 10+ minute epics. If you ever want just a single Doom metal album in your entire collection, get this - it's the only album I have ever given 10/10 for, and will probably remain so for a very long time... perhaps, it is the only perfect album to exist.

the first true doom-metal

paradise lost sure have changhed as the years passed but you can hear the true roots of their sound these classic is the foundation of the all doom/goth metal scene in each band today(tiamat,katatonia,moonspell,theater of tragedy etc,)you can hear the basics of doom metal as gregor mackintosh wrote them back in 1991, a must have for a true doom metal listner.